The Future of Public Housing in New York City

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Presented by the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School.
The New York City Housing Authority manages 178,000 apartments with more than 420,000 official residents, and by most accounts a budget that’s inadequate to the essential tasks of operation and upkeep. The federal government is moving steadily away from permanent housing supports to new models. What’s Washington’s vision, and how does it affect New York, where public housing has long provided residential stability for families and economic vitality for neighborhood businesses? What are the likely trade-offs of NYCHA’s recent proposal to overcome budget shortfalls by spurring development on open spaces in public housing developments?